Chapter 696: Rules

Cold Moon City, a tranquil courtyard covered in ice and snow.

The courtyard was small, paved with bluestone, and a few hardy frost-leaf grasses grew in the corner, their leaves shimmering with a faint silver light in the night.

The surroundings were eerily quiet, with only the distant sound of drums echoing from the city walls, striking the night.

Lin Feng stood in the courtyard, not in a hurry to go inside.

He closed his eyes, and the perception of a high-ranking apostle silently spread out, carefully scanning the entire courtyard and the surrounding hundred-meter area.

Every blade of grass, every brick and tile, even the chirping of insects in the corner of the wall, is clearly discernible in the senses.

Only after confirming that there were no surveillance cameras did he push the door open and enter.

The room was simply furnished with a wooden bed, a square table, and an oil lamp.

Lin Feng closed the door behind him and took out the thing he had been looking at the whole way from the other-dimensional space.

【Proof of transcendence】

A fist-sized, dark gold compass with an amber-like surface, engraved with miniature mountains and cities.

Mountains and rivers flowed slowly across the compass surface, and cities, the size of grains of rice, appeared and disappeared in the dim light.

A thin pointer in the center rotates slowly on its own, as if pointing in some unseen direction.

With a slight thought, his detailed attributes unfolded before his eyes.

【Proof of Transcendence】

Quality: Dark Gold

Type: Promotion Material/Divinity Fusion Medium

Purpose: Used for the fusion of divine essence when a lord breaks through level 60 or is promoted to a lower-level god.

【Effect: Unique Effect - Perfect Promotion】

When the holder meets all of the following conditions.

First, the level of the plane lord reaches level 59.

II. Four small pure lands were built within the semi-plane.

Third, at least one of the Pure Lands must be a special Pure Land.

IV. The quality of the demiplane is Dark Gold.

Once the above conditions are met, using the Proof of Transcendence for promotion will trigger a "Perfect Promotion".

Upon successful ascension to a lower-level god, the one-way binding between the lord and the plane is broken.

While a plane exists, the lord can still draw power and resources from it, but if the plane is destroyed, the lord will no longer perish.

【The mortal body has been shed, and the divine essence has begun to take shape】

After the advancement is complete, the plane lord will condense a 【Universal Godhead】.

The divine status of lower-ranking gods has no fixed authority and is not biased towards any law.

It is a blank container, the starting point of everything.

The divine nature itself has no power; its power comes from the laws that it subsequently contains.

Each time a lord advances to a higher rank, they can accommodate one law.

However, the principle of tolerance is not without its thresholds.

First, a lower-level god must successfully absorb the first law before he can continue to break through levels.

A godhood without laws is merely an empty shell, incapable of bearing power of a higher level.

Second, the first rule has no adaptation requirements; it can accommodate any rule.

However, starting from the second law, it must be compatible with the existing laws within the divine nature.

The higher the compatibility, the smoother the integration.

If the new law is incompatible with the essence of the existing law, the fusion will fail. At best, the law will collapse; at worst, the godhood will be damaged.

Third, a law is unique; any law that can be accommodated is a complete law.

Once accepted by a deity, it merges with that deity's divine nature and becomes part of that deity's existence.

After that, no god could acquire the same law again, but uniqueness is not absolute.

If the god is killed and its divine nature is completely destroyed, the contained laws will be released again, returning to the world and becoming ownerless.

The more laws a deity can encompass, the more compatible it becomes.

When the laws that contain each other resonate or collide, they can even give birth to a composite power that far exceeds that of a single law.

【Usage Restrictions】

It can only be used once, and the evidence of transcendence will dissipate after use.

When used by a lord who possesses a special sanctuary, the probability of promotion is 100%.

When used by lords without special sacred grounds, the success rate of promotion drops to 60%, and the one-way binding cannot be removed.

For lords who do not have a special Pure Land and do not forcibly advance without the aid of a certificate of transcendence, the success rate drops to ten percent, and the one-way binding cannot be broken.

【Note 1】

“A plane is both a cradle and a cage. Living beings spend their entire lives struggling to break free from the cradle’s pull, but the real cage is never a plane, but that unseen destiny.”

【Detected that the current holder already owns the rule: probability】

【The Eye of Probability - a prototype of a law, will resonate with the universal divine essence during the ascension process and be automatically incorporated into the First Law】

Lin Feng read through the list one by one, his breathing unconsciously slowing down.

He was overjoyed when he saw the words "perfect promotion".

The information I'd been searching for about becoming a god was right in front of me.

There are four conditions for a perfect promotion: reaching level 59, building four small Pure Lands within a demiplane, with at least one being a special Pure Land, and the plane quality being dark gold.

He checked himself against the criteria one by one: Level 59, qualified; Qingyang Martial Tempering Pure Land is a special Pure Land, qualified; Half-plane quality Dark Gold, qualified.

One of the four small pure lands is still missing, but once one more is built, the conditions will be met.

In other words, he can break through to the lower god level at any time if he wants.

Moreover, a perfect advancement can also break the one-way binding. If the plane is destroyed, he will not perish with it, which means that he will have another way out in the future.

Lin Feng's fingers tightened slightly as he gripped the compass.

but......

He quickly calmed down.

He has no more rare items left, so if he were to establish a fourth Pure Land now, it would only be an ordinary one.

Having witnessed the power of the special Pure Land, he found it difficult to convince himself to accept an ordinary one.

Let's wait a little longer.

Judging from Viscount Yongye's attitude towards the Pure Land, once the Pure Land is promoted to a medium-sized one, it cannot be replaced. This matter must be handled with care and cannot be rushed.

Having made up his mind, he continued reading. When he saw the description of "initial formation of divine essence," Lin Feng clicked his tongue.

After becoming a lower-level god, breakthroughs should rely on the laws.

Without rules, you'll be stuck at level 60 forever. To climb higher, you have to constantly adapt to new rules.

But what exactly are laws? How do we obtain them? Where [N O V E L I G H T] do we find them?

He stared at the panel for a long time, completely bewildered and without any direction.

Forget it, I can only inquire about this after I advance to the next level of godhood. Thinking about it now is pointless.

However... the rule is unique.